Candidate Name: Anastasia Anisimova Host Teacher Name: Connie Bamburg

School: Teeland Middle School Grade Level: 6 # of Students: 24

Date & Time of Lesson: 3/9/17 Length of Lesson: 75 min+
Topic of Lesson: Mexican yarn art, Esperanza Content Area: Art
Rising novel study
Materials: Yarn 25 feet for a yarn doll, 12 feet for an Ojo de Dios; Instructions for art projects, scissors, glue
gun, marbles, popsicle sticks, books.

Alaska Standard: Arts:

A. A student should be able to create and perform in the arts.
B. A student should be able to understand the historical and contemporary role of the
arts in Alaska, the nation, and the world.

Goal (Unpacked Standard(s))

A - 1) participate in dance, drama, music, visual arts, and creative writing; 3) appropriately use new and traditional
materials, tools, techniques, and processes in the arts;
B - 7) explore similarities and differences in the arts of world cultures; 8) respect differences in personal and cultural
perspectives.

Stage 1 Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings

Enduring Understanding(s) What Essential Questions will be Considered? (Q)
Students will understand that.
We can create objects of art and cultural relevance with How does this connect to the novel we have just read,
our hands Esperanza Rising?
Beauty is subjective to culture, and perspective

STAGE 1 - Objectives
What students should know.
What the two items we are making represent (the
four elements and the Eye of God, and the Yarn doll
from the story- compassion).
How the two items are relevant to our novel study.
What students should be able to do.
Follow the instructions provided in the guidelines
and modeled by the teacher, and create a yarn doll,
or an Ojo de Dios.
Identify the cultural relevance of those objects.

STAGE TWO: Assessment (Identify Desired Results)

Other Evidence Culminating Performance Task
Class participation attempting to create a doll, or eye Creating one of the art objects.
of the God.

STAGE THREE: Opportunities to Learn

Introduction/Hook
What is the purpose of our art lesson?

Processes and products - Learning Experiences and Differentiation/Accommodations/Modifications

Instruction
1. Students will discuss the relevance of the art
project to the novel we have been reading how
does this fit with what we have read and learned
about Esperanzas journey, and her family
traditions?
Students can choose their project
Students can choose their color of yarn from the
available selections
Students can work at their own pace
2. Students will select which project they would like
to make
3. Students will follow guidelines modeled by the
teacher, and help one another, or work in partners,
whenever possible.
4. Students may attempt to make both projects, if
materials and time allow.
Closure:
Sharing our work with one another.